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251: back in my day wank meant something

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wait is "clings to" cringe now

thinking back i guess it really has fallen out of my "talking to people online" vocabulary, but it still feels surprising to see it lumped in the same category as unironically calling people ~~senpai~~ "sempai."
do people think it means "clinging to your leg like a child" rather than just being a shorthand for a "i am holding you close (i.e. hugging)" sentiment?
is this an "XD is cringe" thing?

sorry for the slight digression i'm just having a moment over here

For me it becomes cringe when it's in almost *every fucking response* of LWP's to any time someone is having a bad day.

"Ugh I think something I ate made me sick"
In comes LWP to cling at them.

"Feeling kinda crummy, but don't want to talk about it rn"
LWP, clinging like a turd!

It's weirdly childish and invasive in my opinion, like going "glomps u" kinda levels.

so is she "clinging" in the forget all that tag me way or "clinging" in the i am here to offer virtual hugs and support way?

because this sounds a lot like the latter and you are sounding more unhinged with every new comment.

*cling* not to be rude but have you sent the tag

Can't speak to what the person you replied to meant, but what I see from her is a mix tbh.

Yes, clinging tends to be her default response to anybody's sad plurks.

Yes, with people she talks about wanting to ship with she's pushy and usually follows her clinging with the suggestion that maybe shippy threads would help, do they want that from her immediately.

When someone had a stressful work day, it's a nice offer. When someone's going through something big, it's very tonedeaf. It's nothing new in this hobby for some people not to understand that rp isn't always the top priority in someone's life, though. There's a whole thread on this post about how dare rpers have kids

judging by the above response it's definitely a "XD is cringe" thing

absolutely insane to call commenting on a mutual's plurk posts invasive

yeah i'm starting to feel like anon up there may have simply hit "bitch eating crackers" level with this person

--which, you know, that's their right. normally you only hit that point after the person in question has also done a bunch of more genuinely irritating or upsetting stuff.

but if they've hit the point of calling it "invasive" to reply to a mutual's plurk with generic comforting sentiments, then... perhaps it is time to take a step back and acknowledge that you are no longer being objective about this.

it is definitely weird that at least one person is so hung up on "clings to," to the point of seeing it as invasive. especially when the person in question straight-up gets clingy with her rp partners, why is word choice the hill you've picked to die on?

of course, that's not to say lwp's clinginess needs to be dragged out here anyway. her rp partners need to just be adults capable of putting on their big boy pants long enough to say "quit it" and the fact that they still haven't yet doesn't make her behavior invasive.

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